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单词 to stop up
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to stop up
b. To plug (the seams of a boat) with oakum, tow, or other caulking material; †to caulk (a ship). Also to stop up.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > fit out or equip > make watertight > caulk
caulk?a1500
stop1535
calfreta1600
cork1684
horse up1850
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. xxvii. 9 The eldest and wysest at Gebal were they, that mended & stopped thy shippes.
1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 223/2 To stoppe the ioynts of ships with mosse, okam, or tow: properly called to calke.
1865 Visct. Milton & W. B. Cheadle N.-W. Passage by Land ii. 24 The continual leaking of our rickety canoes obliged us to..spend hours in attempting to stop the seams.
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to stop up
c. To tie up with thin rope. Also to stop up.
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society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > tie up
trice?a1400
stopper1769
stop1771
gripe1840
1771 Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 191 The maintop-mast back stay, to which the chain is stopped, to prevent its swinging about.
1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. v. 121 It is advisable to bend the cable..to the crown of the anchor, stopping it with spun-yarn to the ring.
1882 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 6) 50 How are the footropes fitted? With a cut splice, being stopped out on each side to the guys.
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to stop up
b. With adverbs, as away, out. to stop on, to continue in one place or employment. to stop up, to remain ‘up’ at one's college or university; colloquial, to sit up instead of going to bed. to stop out: spec. North American, to interrupt one's higher education for a time in order to pursue some other activity.
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the world > space > distance > distance or farness > be or remain at a distance [verb (intransitive)] > withdraw to a distance > stay away or not go to
stop1815
society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [verb (transitive)] > remain at one's college or university
to stop up1815
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > intaglio printing > engrave in intaglio [verb (transitive)] > etch > protect specific parts from acid
to stop out1815
to stop off1907
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > be or remain awake [verb (intransitive)] > intentionally
watchc1000
to sit upc1450
stay1526
to burn (etc.) the midnight oil1635
to set up1697
to wake it1766
to watch up1852
to wait up1855
to stop up1857
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > go to bed or retire to rest [verb (intransitive)] > stay up or out of bed during the night
wakec900
to sit upc1450
stay1526
to set up1697
to wake it1766
to watch up1852
to stop up1857
the world > time > duration > have duration [verb (intransitive)] > endure, remain, persist, or continue > in a place, state, or condition
dwellc1175
to stop on1889
society > education > learning > [verb (transitive)] > take time out of one's education
to stop out1926
1815 Zeluca II. 86 You stopped away from Spire on Tuesday.
1819 J. H. Newman Lett. & Corr. (1891) I. 42 [At the end of the term he writes] The Fellows have been very kind, have said we might stop up as long as we like.
1848 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair lxi. 552 Georgy stopped away from school.
1857 E. C. Gaskell Life C. Brontë II. v. 148 Mr. Brontë and old Tabby went to bed... But Charlotte..stopped up,—it was very tempting,—late and later.
1889 Spectator 14 Sept. This..is their notion of a career, and..to ‘stop on’ in the village is to accept a great disappointment.
1926 I. S. Cobb Some United States xi. 257 I'm a Virginian—at present stopping out in Kentucky.
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §214/7 Stop out, to stay away from home all night.
1971 Less Time, More Options (Carnegie Commission on Higher Educ.) vii. 28 Colleges and universities can assist by..encouraging students to have work or service experience before entering college, to stop out while in college to obtain it, or both.
1977 N.Y. Times 16 Jan. iv. 9/1 Paul Marantz is stopping out. He's one of the estimated two million college undergraduates..who last year left school to spend some time in the outside world, or to try out some other form of education, but who do plan to return eventually and earn their degrees.
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